An Investigation into Major Causes for Postharvest Losses of Horticultural Crops and Their Handling Practice in Debre Markos, North-Western Ethiopia

Table 7

Causes of postharvest loss.

Fruits	Type of major loss
Avocado	Mechanical damage, softening, decay
Sweet orange	Rupturing, shrivelling
Lime	Overripe/fast ripening, softening
Banana	Weight loss, blackening, mechanical damage, rotting
Papaya	Decay, black spot, crash
Citron	Bruising
Mango	Softening, blackspot, mechanical damage
Vegetable type of major loss
Onion	Decay, wilt, shrink, flaccid, sprouting
Kale	Wilting, loss of green colour
Cabbage	Bussing, colour change, wilting, mechanical damage
Pepper	Bruising, decay, wilting, colour change
Swiss chard	Wilting, loss of green colour
Tomato	Decay, mechanical damage, blackspot
Carrot	Mechanical damage, rotting
Potato	Shrivelling, wounding during harvest, sprouting

Source: own field and laboratory observation (2019).